I have ordered two Era apple trees from Suttons. Can you tell me which pollination group Era is in?

Era is in the middle blooming season and can be pollinised by most other apple varieties. In 99% of all gardends, apple pollinisation is no problem because bees and insects are transporting plenty of apple pollen

Markus kobelt

Dear Markus,
I have really enjoyed watching your videos about Redlove apples and would like to buy two from Suttons. I am making a garden for young children and was thinking of marking a gateway with one eaither side and thought columnar maybe best, however I am not sure how tall the columnar will grow. Please could you advise whether this will be ok and the width apart I should plant them for best success. With many thanks, Lou

Hallo Lou.

Redloves are normal type growing, and not columnar. That said it ist possible to keep them at about 1-1.50 m diameter.

for children I would suggest Era and Circe, so you have two different ripening times

Dear Markus,

I really trust in your new apple!
I've a orchard in Belgium and I'm ready to plant a few Ha of RedLove in Belgium and sell; this apple variety in Belgium and abroad.
Is it possible?

Thanks,

M. Horn

For the moment we are in search of a marketing partner in Belgium. Please contact in Belgium Mr Johan Nicolai from Nicolai nurseries. He is producing the trees and he will know what is possible for the next season
Markus Kobelt

Hi, I have purchased three batches ( 20 trees ) of the redlove era apple tree from suttons, the first batch of 5 were sent as 2yr old trees ( stated on their labels) all 5 doing fine, then another batch of 5 were sent, they were smaller trees altogether, and when I cared to look at the labels a few weeks after planting, all details were exactly the same, except for the words 1 yr old !, Three of these trees just didnt leaf / bloom, the others did and all trees in all batches were planted identically, an in accordance with the enclosed instructions. I called suttons and was told they had no idea why they had different age trees and couldnt answer why 2 yr old trees were sent intially, and that 1 yr olds were then being sent out. They also couldnt help with why 3 of the trees had died !. A bit more worringly was when I queried what age tree i wouild get on this next batch, ( not yet delivered), and was told they should be 2 yr old, but they cant tell either way, although they are advertised as 1 yr old.!. I was very impressed by the tree when I first saw the flower and apple and wanted to make my own private orchard based soley of these trees but the lack of product consistency, and the death of a few of them for no apparent reason and no support from the supplier has made me question the viability of setting up an orchard of these trees. I have another Area I wish to make an Orchard shortly, but am very cautious on planting redlove.

Suttons has received 1 year old trees and 2 year old knip trees. We have no control how they are storing and sellng them but it would make sense to make two different prizes.

With bare rooted trees its very important how trees are stored because in principle since they are digged out they only loose water/reserves....That could be the reason why some of the one year trees didtn grow on. On the other hand normally 2 year old trees have a bigger planting shock than one year old ones.
In our nursery in Switzerland till 15th of June we are still potting 1 year old trees from the cold store (with 99% humidity) and every one is growing....But also the transport from the cold store to the client and then the time being planted and the methods of planting can make big differences...

To avoid this type of problems we are only selling containertrees in Switzerland and Germany - which make a big quality difference but also a prize-differenec because transportation costs are huge.

Hope you will have the first test fruits this year

Markus

Dear Markus, I am writing from Iceland. i run small import company and i am interested in your products .i want to see how the redlove apple can survive here, this is a very exiting product .
please contact me
Best regards
Birgir H

Hallo Birgir.

unfortanely we are not sending trees to Iceland, only to Switzerland, Germany and trough a partner in UK and Ireland

Markus

Hello lubera®, hello Mr. Markus Kobelt,

I write in english with some difficulties, excuse me,

lubera®, Redlove®, Era®, Circe®, Sirena®, what's that ® ending name?
Are that names registered or protected and where?
Are that names protected trade marks or registered fruit cultivars?

You have a dutch (swiss) and english marketting Web sites using the symbol ®, but a single public page in english, in .pdf file form, for each variety, including protection details, (in french: 'une fiche variétale') is not loadable from your sites.
Look at ' http://www.ueb.cas.cz/cs/system/files/users/public/OPAL.pdf ' for an exemple.

For a public description of a variety, a .pdf page is easy printable and more durable than a more evolutive Web page.

I have purchased a redlove Circe,from QVC,
this flowered profusely bvut has not set any fruit.
should I expect fruit in the first season or not.
I would appreciate your advice on this as well as
advice on further care and pruning.
The plant is being container grown in Cornwall
on the south west coastal area.

Hello, We were given a present of a Redlove in February 2011 and have planted it in a container as per the instructions. We are hoping to re plant it at a later time into the ground when our garden plan is ready. At the moment it is looking like it needs pruning ? I would appreciate advise on this and any other care it would benefit from. Thanking you. p.s. we & the redlove live in London.

Hallo Sylvia.

Please send me a picture of your Redlove. My e-mail is: info@lubera.com. The I can give you some advice

Markus

Dear Markus,

We are alreally testing your new apple in our orchard and we have some good results.
We 'd like to plant a few Ha of RedLove . Do you have already a marketing partner in France ?
It's possible to meet someone and discus ?

Thanks
 

QUIERO COMPRAR TRS PLANTAS DE MANZANAS REDLOVE, DONDE TENGO QUE DIRIGIRME, VIVO EN ALBACETE (ESPAÑA).
GRACIAS.

Hola: quisiera comprar dos árboles de esta manzana para mi jardín.
Vivo en La Rioja ( España) seria posible?. Si es asi diganme como debo hacerlo.
Saludos.
Pilar

awaiting eagerly how the Redlove Era will taste

How can I order Redlove bareroot plants from Turkey?

Sorry, for the moment that is not possible

Hi Markus

Are you selling Redlove apple trees to professional growers in the UK?

Hi Robin.

Our licencee for prof fruitgrowing and the fruit market in UK is Chingford/AG Thames. They and their growers begin to plant this season and mor next season.

Markus

Hi Markus, I wanted to know if there's any chance I can grow redlove apple trees in Argentina. (Maybe some trade has been already made?)
thank you,

Hallo Maria.

For homegardening we are not working in Argentina yet. Our marketing partner for prof. fruitgrowing, NFG in Holland, is in search of a partner in Argentina.

If you are interested please write a e-mail to info@lubera.com and I will forward it to Victor Eijkman of NFG Holland

Markus Kobelt

Hi Markus,
I'm trying to find out if I can buy Redlove trees in France. I would really like at least one, but am not sure if I could take one out of England to France (I believe it's illegal!) Or maybe you sell from your Swiss site to France, but my German is not good enough to order from that site.
Thanks

Hallo Su

for your personal and private use you can surely transport within the EU. No problem.

So buy in UK and transport to France!

Enjoy the Redloves

Markus

Markus - Just to let you know I had a poor response when I contacted your UK Licencee Chingford/AG Thames a month or so ago. They seem to have a lot of things going on there - in fact when I phoned them no one really knew about your apple!! It may have just been a particularly busy day for them but I suggest that they at least have a named representative othewise you may loose sales.

Why I tell you this is we grow 20 acres of organic blueberries mainly for Riverford Organics and were interested in possibly asking you about whether you would be interested in us creating an organic redlove apple that we could grow along side our blueberries.

kind regards

Robin

Hi Mr Markus
I m a student from Iran.I wanted to know how can I buy Redlove trees?I would really like to study about this tree and I wanted to grow some ones.
and another questions do you have private Email.i have many questions from you.
I d really love your products.
thanks

Redloves you can buy in UK from Suttons if you are studying in UK. We have no possiblitiy of delivery in Iran

Excuse me Sir
I'm going to go to Frankfurt in February.How I can I order from there?
How long does it take that you send?
thanks

Could you please tell me the difference between Redlove Era and Redlove circe - would like to order soon from England, but can't find any info to distinguish between them.
Many thanks

Circe is much earlier, ripening about 20. of August. Era is ripening about 10-15. September

please can you tell me the difference between Era & Sirena

Thanks

Apple Redlove Sirena planted 18 Nov 2010 and growing well in very large pot. Can you advise on pruning the side branches - when and how, and where the apples will grow from as pictures show from upright stems and not branches. Also should I remove all the flowers that may bloom this year, or only leave a few and then allow only a couple of actual apples to grow in its third year? It does look lovely and I'm hopefully for the future. Thank you so much.

-the small sidebranches com from the concurrence between trees, they are planted at 50cm
-you can have a similar effekt if you bind them below the horizontale if they are 30-40cm long. They will stop growing and set blooms for next year.
-you can leave up to 4/5 apples this year

Estoy interesado como aficionado a plantar y cultivar redlove, como puedo conseguir en España los plantones de redlove.Gracias

I am interested in buying some of these trees, but can find no information about what root stock they are on or the fruiting time and whether they are keepers or need eating quickly. Any information would be appreciated.

The Redloves are all winter grafted on the slow growing M9 rootstock. The fruiting time varies within the different varieties:

Era - can be picked around 10-20th september, storable until christmas

Circe - can be picked around 20th of august, storable until end of September

Sirena - can be picked around mid august, storable until end of September

Regards

Falko Berg

I went to Sutton's website and ordered one of each tree only to find out that they do not ship them internationally, not even within the EU.

'The following items were removed from your basket due to Restrictions'

That means that there is no way of buying these trees? What is with this exclusivity thing? Why don't they let people buy them?

Sorry I do not understand, from where did you try to order the trees?

Right now you can buy the Redlove trees:

- for Germany, Switzerland and Austria you can order them directly at our onlineshop www.Lubera.com

- for the UK you can order them at Suttons

- for Ireland you can order them at Mr. Middleton

Regards

Falko Berg

Sorry, I forgot :)
I'm in Sweden. I just read on the swedish environmental protection agency's website that Malus sp. can be imported with a phytosanitary license- no problem (Same rules as for all EU countries)

I emailed Sutton's as well but I think it's just their policy not to sell to other countries. Maybe there is somewhere else I can turn? I have been waiting to buy this variety for years! I thought we joined the EU so these things would be simpler ;)

Thanks for your help!

Estoy en España, donde puedo comprar los arboles de red love y otros,por online en otro pais de la UE porque Sutton no envia fuera de Gran Bretaña, por favor estoy muy interesado.,Gracias

@Manuel: No habla espagnol, sorry. Please write in englisch, deutsch ou francaise

@Patrick:
Sorry but an export to sweden is not possible at this moment due to logistic reasons. There are still too many restrictions, too much paper work and a delivery would be way more expensive than the tree would actually cost (we do not ship standard packages, the packages are open on top which makes a delivery way more expensive.). I do not know how Suttons handles this though.

Regards

Falko Berg

@Falko: Manuel has the exact same problem as I do :) He is wondering where he can buy it online from another EU country, because Sutton's don't send outside the UK. Maybe I can drive to Germany and collect it there.

@Manuel: Perdón mi espanol... No es posible, en el mismo tiempo, enviar arbóles al Espana porque hay tan mucho burocracia. Lubera utilisan un paquete abierto, que hace el transporte tan caro. Sí tienes un dirección en UK, Alemania, Austria o Suiza puedes recorgerlo allí.

Sr. Markus, cuando podré comprar planta de redlove, en España, o por online donde sea, por favor

Hello Markus,

I was wondering if you have plans to introduce/export your 'Redlove' apple tree to the U.S.? I contacted Suttons and they said that due to licensing they couldn't export to the U.S. but that you might be willing to further discuss my interest in your apple trees. If you do have plans to introduce the 'Redlove' into the U.S., do you know when?

Thanks

Hello Markus,

I was wondering if you have plans to introduce/export your 'Redlove' apple tree to the U.S.? I contacted Suttons and they said that due to licensing they couldn't export to the U.S. but that you might be willing to further discuss my interest in your apple trees. If you do have plans to introduce the 'Redlove' into the U.S., do you know when?

Thanks

Hi Markus,

Trying to figure out how to get your RedLove apples in the U.S. Are you working with anybody on licensing your Tree in the US? You are going to sell a ton of trees here whenever it gets here.

Thanks!

Hello, could you please tell me what pollination group your Redlove Sirena apple is in. I was wondering if it is suitable to pollinate other non self fertile apples.

Thank you